JENPICCHI

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It has been awhile since I've posted on here! But I'm proud to say I'm doing great! The surgery has been a success and things are going well for me. I'm become a gym rat and I enjoy hiking again! The fact that I don't complain about walking from the car to the grocery store is a blessing in itself. I went to the water park for the first time in over 10 years with both of my teenagers and best friend. Amazing!!! The things I can do with the extra weight off my body.

I can tell you that I hit little road bumps during my weight loss journey but I'm continuing to succeed and the key is eating healthy but allowing yourself to enjoy things here and there. I have 35lbs to go and I'll be at my goal weight. I'm looking forward to hitting that mark but I'm so thrilled that I've made it this far.

My original weight prior to seeing my doctor the first time was 400+ (my scale only went to 400 and it would say error). I got down to 340 prior to surgery in July of 2012. Now, I'm at 235lbs! Way to Go!!!

Good Luck and continue to have faith! Jen

 

After 5 weeks of liquid diet introducing food back into my diet has been different. The funny thing I noticed is everything I ate on the liquid diet like soup would get cold before I could even get down 2 ounces. I've been doing a lot of re-heating sometimes I just say oh well cold soup it is. LOL!!!

I've been walking 30 minutes per day as instructed by the doctor. Up and down my street. Today I went to our local Recreation Center to the walking track indoor thank goodness! I walked 1 mile in 20 minutes - woo hoo! I'm unable to lift weight yet or swim but looking forward to it.

Went in to Dr. Kim's today and had my 24 staples removed. I'm on phase 2 liquids which means I'm stoked!!! Creamy Soups are allowed. I'm so sick of sweet/fake sweet stuff like crystal light and sugar-free popsiciles, etc... I've always been a salt freak.

This journey is going well!

Thursday, July 19th is the big day! My surgery is scheduled for 4:30pm. I'm down 15lbs from the liquid diet so far. Woo Hoo! I highly recommend taking pepcid twice per day during the liquid diet phase prior to surgery. The first 5 days were not fun, ugh! I called one of Dr. Kim's nurses and she suggested pepcid! I can function again! I will update after surgery! Peace out, Jen

Surgery Date scheduled on 7/19/12 - on my pre-op liquid diet...10lbs down already.  

I have approval from UHC but I have to wait 6-months for my surgery. I have to go to montly nutrition classes at Dr. Kim's office luckily it is only my regular doctor visit co-pay $15. It is going to be a long 6-months but I feel it will be worth the wait.